Robin Jensen

Robin Jensen is currently Instructor of Collaborative Piano and the Music Director for the opera program at the University of Central Florida. She oversees the Class Piano program and is the collaborative pianist for all of the University of Central Florida Choirs.

Robin is the Music and Education Director for Opera Orlando where she founded their Youth Program, as well as serves as conductor, chorus master and pianist for different productions. She has been a vocal coach, chorus master and children’s chorus master for many Orlando Philharmonic Orchestras' musical and opera productions and has worked with such companies as Minnesota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera and Opera IOWA where she developed the educational opera company and created their first outreach opera workshops. During her tenure with the Orlando Opera, Robin served as a conductor, assistant conductor and stage director for many opera productions and held the title of Director of Music Administration and Education. She was also instrumental in the development of the Resident Artist and founded their Youth Programs.

Robin was a vocal coach with the University of Vermont, Ithaca College, Cornell University and Rollins College. She has presented Singing/Acting master classes for colleges and universities across the country, as well as performed as a collaborative pianist for recitals and other performances. Since 1999, Robin has been Artistic Director for “Camp Madhatter” a summer intensive music drama camp in Minnesota. Each year the Camp focuses on a different theatrical theme from which a two week curriculum is created.

Robin holds a BM and a MM in Piano Performance from Drake University with additional collaborative piano studies from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She received the prestigious Martha Ellen Tye scholarship for collaborative piano study at the American Institute of Music in Graz, Austria where she studied piano with Jan Meyorowitz and French diction with Margarite Meyerowitz. Other primary teachers include Susan Webb, Wesley Balk, Guy Wuellner and Nathan Schwartz.

Education

M.M. in Additional Collaborative Piano Studies from San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Open to any UCF student (not restricted to music majors), this ensemble course does require an audition for first-timers...

The course will meet on Mondays in Room M150 from 3-5pm and also in Studio 1 (Room 107 of the Theater Bldg.) on Fridays from 3-5pm.

The
fundamental purpose of the Opera Workshop ensemble is the study and
performance of opera. This semester's major project will be an Opera Scenes Program - performed on Sunday, November 18.

Auditions
for the Spring 2019 operas will take place in September. Though
students not enrolled in Opera Workshop for the fall semester may
audition for Spring roles, preference may be given those who are - as
they will be available to begin rehearsing the music during the fall
semester.

Open to any UCF student (not restricted to music majors), this ensemble course does require an audition for first-timers...

The course will meet on Mondays in Room M150 from 3-5pm and also in
Studio 1 (Room 107 of the Theater Bldg.) on Fridays from 3-5pm.

The
fundamental purpose of the Opera Workshop ensemble is the study and
performance of opera. This semester's major project will be an Opera Scenes Program - performed on Sunday, November 18.

Auditions
for the Spring 2019 operas will take place in September. Though
students not enrolled in Opera Workshop for the fall semester may
audition for Spring roles, preference may be given those who are - as
they will be available to begin rehearsing the music during the fall
semester.

Open to any UCF student (not restricted to music majors), this ensemble course does require an audition for first-timers...

The fundamental purpose of the Opera Workshop ensemble is the study and performance of opera. This semester's major project will be an Opera Scenes Program on a theme of American Opera - performed on Friday evening, November 10 and Sunday afternoon, November 12.

Additionally, auditions will be held [in September] for our Spring opera offerings [Puccini's GIANNI SCHICCHI and Michael Ching's sequel opera, BUOSO'S GHOST - both of which will be sung in English].